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LUSAKA: Zambia’s ex-president Rupiah Banda Tuesday pleaded not guilty to a charge of abuse of power linked to an oil contract signed while he was in office. He was arrested on Monday after being questioned by investigators over his role … read more »
Gender equality is an issue that is afforded a significant amount of attention right now in Ethiopia. Many facets of public policy are designed to ensure the representation and benefit of women. For these reasons and many others, including the … read more »
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A deputy attorney general in Pennsylvania and his wife have been charged with abuse and neglect of two children adopted from Ethiopia earlier this year. Douglas Barbour, 33, has been suspended without pay from his job with the attorney general’s … read more »
November 1, 2011 by benim
Egypt’s ruling generals will ratify within days a law barring anyone found guilty of corruption from political life, a senior minister said on Monday, a move to curb the influence of ousted President Hosni Mubarak’s former allies. Wealthy people in … read more »
Posted in Egypt, News, North Africa
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Tagged abuse, Cairo, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Law, mubarak, National Democratic Party, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Politics, Southern Africa, West Africa
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Cairo – Egypt’s public prosecutor has set up a panel of judges to look into claims of police torture before and after a popular revolt that ousted president Hosni Mubarak, a judicial official told AFP on Tuesday. The three-judge panel, … read more »
Posted in Egypt, News, North Africa
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– An Egyptian court on Saturday ordered the dissolution of the political party of former President Hosni Mubarak, one of the demands of the protesters who ended his 30-year rule. The Higher Administrative Court in Cairo also ordered the liquidation … read more »
Posted in Egypt, News, North Africa, Politics
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Tagged abuse, Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, Alaa Mubarak, breaking news, Cairo, Egypt, Embassies and Consulates, Gamal Mubarak, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthWorld, News local news, Sharm El-Sheikh, World news
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February 10, 2011 by benim
Eleven soldiers accused of raping more than 60 women in eastern Congo went on trial at a military court on Thursday. The men are alleged to have carried out the attacks on New Years Day in the town of Fizi, … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Crime & Corruption, Miscellaneous, Women
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Tagged abuse, Africa maps, Africa news, African news, breaking news, Democratic Republic of Congo, Embassies and Consulates, Fizi, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Lawyers Without Borders, New Years Day, North Kivu, Rape, sex, Sexual violence, South Kivu, United Nations, Women
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January 11, 2011 by benim
The homeless man was gathering wood when he heard a girl crying. He followed the sound, and caught the attacker red-handed while he was raping the 11-year-old. On Monday Patrick Montsho told the Pretoria Regional Court how he saw the … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Crime & Corruption, News, South Africa, Southern Africa, Women
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Tagged abuse, Africa news, African news, Afrika, breaking news, Cape Town, Foodborne illness, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, News local news, newspapers, Pretoria, Pretoria News, Rape, Shanty town, South Africa, Testimony, womenAfrican news, World news
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December 16, 2010 by benim
The three Somali women sat huddled together in a corner of an empty, dusty room in a camp for displaced people in northern Somalia, their faces etched with grief and resignation. They were all rape victims. Two of them had … read more »
Posted in Abuse, East Africa, News, Somali, Women
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Tagged abuse, abuse on women, Africa news, African news, Al-Qaeda, breaking news, forced sex, Galkacyo, geography, Hargeysa, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Internally displaced person, lifestyle-news, Outline of Somalia, Political geography, Rape, Refugee, Social Issues, Somali people, Somalia, Somalia News, Transitional Federal Government, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, War Conflict, Women Issues, World news
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November 27, 2010 by benim
All the way from North to Southern Africa rapists prowl the continent’s fields for their next victims. And it is of course women who bear the deepest scars from Africa’s wars. Writes Samantha Spooner:- The statistics out of the continent … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Article, News, Women
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Tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, abuse, Africa news, Africa women, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gauteng, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Johannesburg, Medical Research Council, Rape, South Africa
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November 18, 2010 by benim
Recently, we’ve been hearing a number of stories regarding teen suicides resulting from student bullying that involve LGBTQ youth and homophobia. This time, it was a 14-year-old girl harassed over her allegation of being raped by another student at Huron … read more »
Posted in Abuse, America
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Tagged abuse, aggression, Ann Arbor, behavior, Bullying, disasters-news, ethics, Huron High School, IndepthAfricaSamantha Kelly, Law Crime, michigan, old girl, persecution, Rape, Social Issues, Social psychology, Suicide, WJBK
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November 17, 2010 by benim
* 40% of young people pressured into sex they did want * 1 in 5 men aged 18-25 expect to have sex after kissing A quarter of young men don’t believe it is rape if a woman says no to … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Relationship, Women
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Tagged abuse, Adolescent sexuality in the United States, Boris Johnson, crimes, during sex, ethics, health-news, IndepthAfrica, Jan Welch, London, men don, Rape, Rape statistics, Sexual assault, United Kingdom, Violence, woman says, young men, youth club
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November 14, 2010 by benim
Imagine as a parent, your four-year-old daughter comes home telling you an “uncle” in the neighbourhood took her to his room, made her lie down, removed her clothes, made attempt at penetration, before ejaculating all over her? This is the … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Children & Youth, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged abuse, basketball, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, Emeka Okafor, ethics, humanitarian-news, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Lagos State, Miami Heat, minor, New Orleans Hornets, Nigeria, Onyedikachi Samuel, Rape, sex, sports-news, Trevor Ariza
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November 7, 2010 by benim
I watched Oprah today. Tyler Perry shared the raw sexual and physical abuse he experienced at the hands of people. Adults. Family members. Friend’s moms. People you trust. People you don’t know. People you know. I had goose bumps when … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Analysis, Relationship, Women
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Tagged abuse, Africa news, Facebook, IndepthAfrica, Mother, Nottingham, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey Show, relationship, Sexual abuse, Tyler Perry, Women
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November 2, 2010 by benim
The Mass Rape Of Passengers: What The Police Did After Taking Coffee With The President! After a Tamale enroute passenger vehicle was reported to have been attacked by armed-robbers and the passengers robbed of all their valuables and also subjected … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Analysis, Ghana, News, West Africa
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Tagged abuse, Accra, Africa news, Amina Mohammed, Bus, Business and Economy, crimes, Disaster Accident, disasters-news, ethics, Ghana, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Law Crime, mass rapes, National Democratic Congress, Rape, Sex crimes, Social Issues, Tamale, Types of rape, Violence, Xinhua News Agency
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November 1, 2010 by benim
The controversy generated over the reported ‘mass’ rape of bus passengers travelling to Tamale on Monday, October 11, 2010 at a spot near Kintampo, during an armed robbery, seems far from over as the police have detained two persons believed … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Ghana, News, West Africa, Women
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Tagged abuse, Accra, child abuse, crime, disasters-news, ethics, Ghana, Kintampo, Law Crime, mass rape, Rape, Robbery, Social Issues, Tamale, tema, Types of rape, Violence
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October 31, 2010 by benim
- Iraqi security forces prepared to storm a Catholic church Sunday where gunmen were holding an unknown number of worshippers as hostages, police officials said. The gunmen seized the hostages after attacking the Baghdad Stock Market, in the central part … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged abuse, Al-Qaeda, Baghdad, Catholic Church, crime, disasters-news, ethics, Foreign hostages in Iraq, hostage, Hostage taking, Indepth Africa, Iraq, Iraq spring fighting, Iraqi insurgency, Iraqi security forces, Police, Politics of Iraq, Religion Belief, stock market, Terrorism in Iraq, War Conflict
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